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1. The enrollment rate of primary-school-aged girls is [url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/22/world/africa/22iht-ethiopia.html]8% lower[/url] than that of boys.

2. [url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002193/219351e.pdf]4.6 million children[/url] are out of school in six East African countries as of 2010.

3. [url=http://achieveinafrica.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/facts-on-education-in-africa/]AIDS decreases[/url] in villages where primary schools have been established.

4. African primary school enrollment is among the [url=http://achieveinafrica.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/facts-on-education-in-africa/]lowest in the world[/url] as [url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/leading-the-international-agenda/education-for-all/single-view/news/facts_and_figures_sub_saharan_africas_education_progress_and_challenges/<br]43% of the world’s out of school children[/url] are from Africa

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5. [url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/leading-the-international-agenda/education-for-all/single-view/news/facts_and_figures_sub_saharan_africas_education_progress_and_challenges/]10 million children[/url] drop out of primary school in sub-Saharan Africa every year.

6. Regional averages for secondary school enrollment are [url=http://www.unicef.org/esaro/factsonchildren_5799.html]32% for boys and 28% for girls[/url] in Eastern and Southern Africa.

7. In sub-Saharan Africa, [url=http://www.unesco.org/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/ED/GMR/pdf/gmr2010/gmr2010-fs-ssa.pdf]38% of adults[/url] lack basic literacy and numeracy skills.

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8. Among the factors that influence the gender gap in schools of sub-Saharan Africa are [url=http://www.ifuw.org/fuwa/docs/Education_of_Girls_Africa.pdf]sexual harassment by male teachers and classmates, lack of female teachers as role models, inadequate sanitation facilities and materials provided for teenage girls, and the cost of primary and secondary school.[/url]

9. [url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002175/217509E.pdf]1/4 of education budgets[/url] in nine sub-Saharan African countries is made up of foreign aid.

10. A child in sub-Saharan Africa whose mother did not receive an education is [url=http://www.unesco.org/education/GMR/2007/fact_sheet_ssa.pdf]twice as likely to be out of school[/url].